廣弘明集 12.10

12.10

Yi says: 'The monks shave their hair and dye their robes; they do not pay court to emperors and kings, and they separate from their fathers and mothers. They are neither loyal nor filial.' As for the Daoist priests of today, they wear headbands and caps; should they not bow to the sovereign of their time, and remain at home to serve and nurture their parents in order to be loyal and filial? Since they currently do not do so, why hold only [monks] to blame? Now in discussing loyalty: serving the sovereign requires exhausting one's life, and dying for righteousness requires forgetting oneself. As for filial piety: serving parents requires exhausting sincerity, and providing for their support in life and after death. Thus Dao'an offered direct remonstrances to assist the Qin; Fotudeng gave loyal words to rectify the Zhao; Maudgalyāyana raised the bowl to offer food to his mother; Śākyamuni carried the coffin to bury his parent. Rescuing the state and aiding the family—how could this not be loyalty and filial piety? It is not like the Daoist priest Zhang Lu causing chaos in the Han dynasty, Sun En rebelling in the Jin state, Chen Rui practicing Daoism and having his clan exterminated, or Gongqi studying immortality and suffering the destruction of his family. Bringing chaos to the state and ruin to the family—how could there be any loyalty or filial piety in that?